This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti, for entertainment,
POWER, FAITH, and FANTASY: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren, for education
Effects Based Operations (EBO) for work,
and The Holy Bible for living.
Posted on 07/03/2008 8:40:03 AM PDT by MplsSteve
OK everyone, it's time for my quarterly "What Are You Reading Now?" thread.
I like finding out what Freepers are reading lately. It can be anything...a technical journal, a trashy pulp novel, an old classic...in short, anything!
Please do not defile this thread by posting "I'm Reading This Thread". It became very unfunny a long time ago.
I'll start. I'm close to finishing "The Last Valley" by Martin Windrow. It's about the siege/battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
Well, what are you reading now?!
Protect And Defend...Vince Flynn. Rush was talking about how he couldn’t put it down so I said what the hay.
Very good book!
Herman Melville’s short stories.
Saul Bellow’s short stories.
“From Lumber Hookers to the Hooligan Fleet: A Treasury of Chicago Maritime History”
“Chovos haLevovos” (Duties of the Heart) by Rebbeinu Bachya ibn Pakuda — latter 11th century Jewish philosophical work. It’s awesome.
And “Cheney” by Stephen Hayes.
Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World (Paperback)
Probably put there by whomever keeps leaving some Nora Roberts book on mine....IT’S A CONSPIRACY, I TELL YA!!!!
Do the Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition rule books count?
I CANNOT wait for Frankenstein III! I hope he’s still planning on doing that one. I neeeed to know what happens!!!
Dawkins is at his weakest, btw, in his argument that all who question the origins of life should have no more issues once they've had their consciousness raised by evolution. I still haven't seen any evidence, for OR against, a prime mover/"creator."
In other words, I am neither fully convinced by the atheists or the believers at this time, although I lean more towards to former than the latter.
I just finished Gordon Rhea’s series on Grant’s 1864 Overland Campaign; The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna River & Cold Harbor. As a follow-up I am about half way through Noah Trudeau’s “The Last Citadel; The Siege of Petersburg.”
After that, it’s on to “Team of Rivals” which discusses the political intrigue in Lincoln’s Cabinet.
McCullogh’s best work remains “The Path Between the Seas” about the construction of the Panama Canal.
“The Coming Plague” by Laurie Garrett. Next up is Pat Buchanan’s new Book.
tea leaves....and its not looking so good.
No One Left to Tell by Jordan Dane and Firefighter: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 by Patrick Creed and Rick Newman.
Get me on a plane to Galt’s Gulch. NOW!
Nothing. This time, I’m writing.
I’d like to add Morison’s full set to my library some day. I only have the one-volume edition, which reads like the “Cliff Notes” of the naval war.
Won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in '93 but I don't like the literary style of it. Oftentimes verbless.
I get an opportunity to boast!!
I just finished “War and Peace”...something I had promised myself to do for a long time. I guess I was intimidated by the length, but I shouldn’t have. It was as good as they get. (Only last 2-3 chapters a bit boring).
We had TIVOed “John Adams”, watched that last week, and that motivated me to read “1776” by David McCullough. ‘Have read 8 pages so far.
‘Great to see these other titles posted, and think we should have an award for everybody who reads “Atlas Shrugged.”
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